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Zoo Tycoon
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Zoo Tycoon made its name on PC as Microsoft's zoo-building simulation, and in 2005 THQ brought the idea to Nintendo's brand-new dual-screen handheld. Zoo Tycoon DS, developed by Altron, hands you a plot of land and asks you to fill it with fenced exhibits and animal habitats, keep the creatures healthy and the visitors coming, and set the admission price that keeps the whole operation afloat.
Play is split between a challenge-driven situational mode, where each scenario hands you a goal to reach, and free play for building at your own pace. The stylus drives the menus and lets you edit fences and terrain from a map on the touch screen, while research projects unlock new animal toys and attractions as your zoo grows. Earning collectible animal cards, each with facts about the species, gives younger players a small encyclopedia to fill in along the way.
Critics at the time were tough on it, especially the fiddly mix of stylus and button controls and the small sprites, so this is a gentle, patient management game rather than a showcase for the hardware. Its appeal lies elsewhere: it is a pocket-sized relic of the Zoo Tycoon craze and of the DS's experimental first year, when publishers were still working out how a touch screen should run a simulation. Fans of the PC original and collectors filling out a DS sim library will find it an interesting curio.
Fast factsgame data via IGDB
- Released
- 2005
- Publisher
- THQ
- Developer
- Altron
- Genre
- Simulation
- Players
- Single player
About the game
Easy to learn, hard to master! Encounter the ultimate zoo experience in Zoo Tycoon DS! Get up close and personal while collecting and caring for the world's most popular animals in a custom zoo you create! Manage your environment properly and achieve the ultimate goal of a zoo full of happy animals and customers.
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